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On July 25, 2022, Todd Yuktake and Justin Solomon filed a federal lawsuit against the Attorney General of Hawaii, Holly T. Shikada, for infringement of the right to keep and bear arms, specifically against the state of Hawaii’s ban on “billies” or “batons” outside the home. Billies were likely chosen, in part, because no procedure exists in Hawaii to allow the carry of short clubs outside the home. Over the course of the case, the AG changed from Shikada to Lopez. From the complaint: 6. The State of Hawai‘i generally bans the possession of “deadly or dangerous weapons” outside the...

Pray For The Peace of JerusalemLuke 12 The Parable of the Rich Fool 13 Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.” 14 Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter between you?” 15 Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.” 16 And he told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest. 17 He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have...

A little over a year ago, on May 5, 2022, two states (Missouri and Louisiana) and several individual plaintiffs filed suit against the federal government for illegally and improperly suppressing free speech on social media platforms, in violation of the First Amendment. The case goes by the name Missouri v. Biden. The individual plaintiffs include, for example, Drs. Jay Bhattacharya of Stanford and Dr. Martin Kulldorff of Harvard, prominent medical researchers and epidemiologists who dissented from the government’s Covid response orthodoxy and saw their speech ruthlessly suppressed as a consequence. This case is probably the most important civil rights case...

7 June 2023Wednesday of week 9 in Ordinary TimeSt Robert of Newminster Roman Catholic Church, Morpeth, Northumberland, EnglandReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingTobit 3:1-11,16-17 ©Raphael is sent to bring remedy to the house of TobitSad at heart, I, Tobit, sighed and wept, and began this prayer of lamentation:‘You are just, O Lord,and just are all your works.All your ways are grace and truth,and you are the Judge of the world.‘Therefore, Lord, remember me, look on me.Do not punish me for my sinsor for my heedless faultsor for those of my fathers.‘For we have sinned against youand broken your...

Well, the decision to short Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (BUD) stock recently remains a winner. The stock recently broke through support, and while value buyers seem to be trying to step in here, the controversy surrounding this company has not slowed down. Perhaps memories will be short, and the conservative backlash over their marketing and branding deal with Transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney may subside later this year. However, it seems like the damage right now is setting up to be permanent. Take a look at the comment sections on the articles covering this controversy. So many have said they are making...

Muhammad is among the top baby names in many Western countries. This spells disaster for Western civilization. Newborn baby Muhammads are taking Western Europe by storm — with Berlin being the latest target. According to a May 8, 2023 report, [t]he first name Mohammed has gained popularity in Germany in the past year. ... In Berlin, Mohammed was the most popular first name for boys in 2022. Last year he had ranked third. ... In Bremen, the first name Mohammed has moved up from third place to second place. ... In Hesse, too, the name of the Muslim prophet is...

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich advised former President Trump not to waste his time debating rivals for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination during a Tuesday morning guest spot with FBN's "Mornings With Maria" Bartiromo. NEWT GINGRICH: In the national polls, [Trump is] up over Biden by a bigger margin than Governor DeSantis. Look, I think Governor DeSantis has been a very good governor in Florida, I think he's very successful, he's certainly done a great job with the state. I think he found it very hard to transition to being a presidential candidate. He had a chance to make it...

Since November, the global population has officially crossed eight billion, more than three times the figure in 1950. This has already stretched food and energy needs and supplies. UN projections say the figure will balloon to 9.7 billion in the middle of the century. "I don't think it's sustainable personally," he said in an interview on Tuesday. "We need to figure out how we're going to deal with the issue of sustainability and the numbers of people we're trying to take care of on the planet." Global warming is exacerbating the problem. The landmark 2015 Paris Agreement calls for capping...

Vatican City (AFP) – Pope Francis, who will undergo surgery for an abdominal hernia, admitted last year he needed to slow down faced with his age -- now 86 -- and increasing health issues.

The launch of a new RISC-V software association makes open-standard integrated circuit design and open-source software even more of a challenge for the US government’s efforts to stop the development of Chinese high-tech and bend Europe to its geopolitical will. On May 31, Linux Foundation Europe announced the RISC-V Software Ecosystem (RISE), which it described as, a new collaborative effort that brings together global industry leaders committed to accelerating the availability of software for high-performance and power-efficient RISC-V cores [processing units] running high-level operating systems for a variety of market segments. Those market segments include cloud computing, data centers, automobiles,...

Susan Louise Lorincz, 58, was charged with manslaughter with a firearm, culpable negligence, battery and two counts of assault It's alleged that Lorincz threw a roller skate at one of Ms Owens' children and swung an umbrella at another during a heated exchange Susan Louise Lorincz, 58, was charged Tuesday with manslaughter with a firearm, culpable negligence, battery, and two counts of assault, Marion County Sheriff's Office said in a statement released in the early hours of Wednesday morning. 'The justice we have all been seeking has been served,' Sheriff Billy Woods said in a video posted Tuesday. It follows...

Good Morning! Todays report details the latest Russian war crime - blowing up the damn

Serbs have until June 8 to surrender all of their unregistered weapons in a push by the government to disarm society following back-to-back mass shootings. Two mass shootings in consecutive days in early May rocked the Balkans nation, where the types of mass shootings seen so regularly in the United States rarely, if ever, happens. A 13-year-old boy armed with his father’s pistol killed nine people, including eight children, at an elementary school in Belgrade on May 3. Just one day later, a 20-year-old killed eight and injured 14 in a rampage through a town just south of Belgrade. In...

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie began his return to the national political stage with an opening message: 'Go big' – then flashed his ability to go for the jugular. He denied running for president as a spoiler but said he did want to take down Donald Trump – who he hit for 'coddling' Vladimir Putin, running 'failed casinos' and 'reprehensible' bartering of Ukrainian aide that was the subject of Trump's second impeachment. He said Americans knew Trump was 'full of it' when he said Mexico would pay for the border wall, then vowed not to make the mistake of...

“The modern world, and especially the history of the present century, can only be understood in terms of the unusual activity of the devil and the “principalities and powers” of darkness…In a world of collapsing institutions, moral chaos, and increasing violence, never was it more important to trace the hand of the “prince of the power of the air.” If we cannot discern the chief cause of our ills, how can we hope to cure them?” The Christian Warfare, Martin Lloyd-Jones

It has always been astounding to me that people think for even a second that their government makes decisions to help the people—that has never been the case.If a government’s decision helps anyone it is always an after effect…or an afterthought or a collateral unintended benefit. The primary intent is for power, control, and money…to satisfy individual pursuits and goals of the global narcissistic/god-complex elite.Anyone (which turns out to be most everyone) who supports this and thinks their government, or their nation, is operating in the people’s interest is signing their own death warrant.

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@JordanSchachtel I am truly amazed by the Ukrainian Navy's ability to sail undetected for 10k miles roundtrip & blow up the Nord Stream pipeline with their Navy Seals! I trust Washington Post & CIA, which assures me that this is totally plausible, despite Ukraine not having a functioning Navy.